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The Business of Being Born
: :Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 05/06/2008 Rating: Nr :Is it conceivable that in the United States, profit is increasingly driving the business of birthing--sometimes at the expense of the best possible outcome for mothers and babies? Should birth be viewed and treated as a natural process or a potential medical emergency? This documentary, produced by Ricki Lake and directed by Abby Epstein, opines that money and fear are changing the way Americans give birth, and not necessarily for the better. Beginning with shocking statistics that the United States has the ...
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V-Day - Until the Violence Stops
:Description:Extraordinarily empowering and heartbreakingly funny, the Sundance favorite V-DAY: UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS chronicles how Eve Ensler's hit Broadway solo show The Vagina Monologues grew into V-Day, an international grassroots movement to stop violence against women and girls. The first of its kind, The Vagina Monologues has been widely recognized as 'a celebration of women's sexuality and a condemnation of its violation' (The New York Times) and praised as 'frank, humorous and moving' (Chicago Tribune). Over eight hundred cities around the world have participated in V-Day by staging benefit performances of The Vagina ...
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